There were a ton of good books that came out in 2014. Image Comics had a hell of a year. Saga, Nailbiter, Umbral, The Fade Out, Birthright, Sex Criminals, Southern Bastards, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Stray Bullets: Killers, Wytches, Starlight, and Shutter were all great. Crazy that one independent company could put out so many awesome books. Marvel had Ms. Marvel, The United States of Murder, Inc. and The Superior Foes of Spider-Man which were good. Lumberjanes and The Woods from BOOM! Studios were both terrific. The Bunker from Oni Press was strange, wild, and compelling. And DC had The Wake which was entertaining and bizarre. But the best book of the year was Batman (by writer Scott Snyder and artists Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, and FCO Plascencia). The first half of the year the book was set in the past during "Zero Year" when Batman battled Dr. Death and The Riddler. The second half of the year Batman faced off against The Joker. Super-hero stories are, obviously, pretty pedestrian these days. But when they're done right they're a sight to behold. Snyder and co. presented what we all want to see in comic book: big set-pieces, major arcs, villains trying to take over the world, gorgeous art, cliff-hangers, drama, interesting characters, and thrill-ride action. This book had it all. It was always the book I looked forward to reading the most and was always the one book I couldn't put down. Month after month it surprised and entertained and was exactly the super-hero book we all wanted and needed. It was the book of the year.
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